Metadata
- Title: DEFENCE AGAINST V1S [Allocated Title]
- Film Number: ACB 41
- Other titles:
- Summary:
- Description: AA guns are shown in action (at night); a V1 is brought down over the sea (in the far distance), ground to air shot of Tempest climbing, a Tempest chases a V1 (brief shot); another is seen flying over Hastings (briefly) and exploding in the sky, a panoramic view of Hastings (day) is followed by film of AA gun preparations (at night).
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
- Featured Period: 1939-1945
- Production Date: 1944-06-29
- Production Country: GB
- Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Hodges, Ken (Production individual)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
- Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Tempest (object name) combat, British - anti-aircraft: V1 defence (object name) defences, British - emplacement (object name) operations, British military - preparation: AA gun (object name) weapons, British - gun [AA] (object name) weapons, German - rocket: V1 (object name) Hastings, Sussex, England, UK (geography)
- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
- Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 244 ft; Running time: 2 mins
- Notes: Summary: see remarks to ACB 24. Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 39 and 41 (there is no ACB 40). Total length 441 ft. Fine grain version is also part of a can comprising ACB 39 and 41 (total length 458 ft). ACB 41 SP is 260 ft (slightly less mutilated copy, but there is 10 ft of blank film at the changeover from 39 to 41 SP).
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